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SPA Girls Podcast

SPA Girls Podcast

Each week the SPA Girls provide information, tips and honest advice on self publishing for indie authors. Hosted by four experienced self-publishing writers, we provide a mix of interviews, craft shows, and marketing information that will help you start your self-publishing journey. Join us today!

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP129 - Branding for Authors

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2018/04/04

Thinking of self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we're talking about author branding, using the example of four different authors who we think are doing a fabulous job of the branding for themselves and their series. From Penny Reid's romantic comedy tag line and aptly named Facebook group to Michael Anderle's extensive author's notes and Melissa Storm's sharing in her newsletters, we give a range

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SPA Girls Podcast - Interview with Johnny and Sean...

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2018/03/28

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week Trudi Jaye talks to prominent Indie publishing personalities Johnny B. Truant and Sean Platt from the Story Studio Podcast (previously the Self Publishing Podcast) about their experiences in self publishing. They talk about why we should call ourselves simply publishers instead of self publishers, how to find people to help you achieve your

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP127 - Insider info with...

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2018/03/21

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week Damon Courtney, the guy who created and runs Book Funnel, and Chrissy Munroe from Kobo sit down with Trudi Jaye to discuss the Indie publishing market, what's hot, what's coming soon, and what they both see in their crystal balls for the future. It's a great opportunity to hear some really useful tips and insider knowledge from two people who

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP126 - Smarter Artist Summit...

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2018/03/15

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for honest advice, tips and resources. This week we have a special guest, Jami Albright on to talk about the 2018 Smarter Artist Summit, which she attended along with SPA Girl host Trudi Jaye. Trudi and Jami talk about their highlights of the summit including listening to presentations from Michael Anderle, Michelle Spiva, Honoree Corder, as well as getting to meet the huge array of smart and savvy self

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP125 - SAS Special Interview...

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2018/03/12

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for interviews that will inform, educate and delight. This week we have another special episode from the 2018 Smarter Artist Summit, where Trudi Jaye sat down with the first male Deputy SPA Girl Michael Anderle, and marketing guru and storyteller Michelle Spiva. Michelle talks about how to amp up your connection with your readers via your characters, so that you're writing stories they can't put down. She

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP124 - Interview with Michael...

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2018/03/07

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we have a fascinating interview with Michael Anderle, direct from the Smarter Artist Summit in Austin, Texas. Trudi was lucky enough to attend the summit and meet Michael in person, where he took the time to chat to her about his journey in self publishing. He's accessible, sincere and passionate about his topic, and you'll love listening to him

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SPA Girls Podcast – EP123 – Interview With Nate Vella

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2018/02/28

This week we talk with elite sportsman, Nathan Vella, about using tools from sports psychology to help writers. Nate has been a professional rugby player for the last 7 years. In that time he has played in both NZ and Europe, and has amassed over 100 first class games, winning several championships. His strength besides his physical ability is his mental toughness. Nate talks with Wendy, Cheryl and Shar about applying what he has learned in the competitive high-performance environment he thrives and

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP122 - Using Sub-plots to Amp Up...

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2018/02/22

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we decided to talk about a craft topic that's been bugging Trudi - sub plots. How do you use them effectively, why should you have a sub plot, and what the hell is the sub plot??? We talk about what they are, why you should be using them in your novels, and the different kinds of sub-plots that you could consider using in your novel. We think

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP212 - Interview with Scott King

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2018/02/14

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we had the pleasure of chatting to Scott King, author of such non-fiction writing books as The 5 Day Novel, Finish the Script! and his latest, Outline Your Novel. Scott has a background in teaching writing, film and scriptwriting at a college level, and has published multiple books in a variety of genres, so he's perfectly placed to write and

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP120 - Should You Use a Pen Name?

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2018/02/07

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week our topic is whether or not to use a pen name. Choosing the name to represent your writing career might seem like a simple decision, but there's actually a whole host of things to think about when you consider what name to use - from marketing, to reader expectations and even cover dimensions - and it's not just which name sounds the nicest.

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP119 - Interview with Nalini Singh

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2018/01/31

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we were lucky enough to convince the lovely Nalini Singh to come on the show. A fellow Kiwi, Nalini is also a very smart, savvy author who's been on the NYT Bestseller list an incredible 27 times, and has hordes of ravenous fans the world over. Nalini is the kind of pioneering author who started a popular blog when she first set out to conquer the

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP118 - Writing a Fictional Small...

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2018/01/23

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. Small town settings are a common backdrop in romance. Writers love them because they give us a landscape that we can go back to again and again, with familiar secondary characters that our readers will recognise and become attached to. Readers love them because once they've found a town with a cool cafe, a watering hole where all the locals hang out, and

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP117 - Dealing with Negativity...

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2018/01/19

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. Do you have one of those people in your life? Someone who thinks the glass is always half empty and wants to bring you down the whole time? Negative Nellys and Doubtful Dougs are around us all the time, and this week we talk a little about ways to deal with the negativity in our lives.

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP116 - Tough Mindset Questions...

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2018/01/10

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we have three questions to help you get into the right mindset to be a successful self publishing author for 2018. It might seem simple, but the questions actually made us think quite a bit about what we really want to achieve this year, and what we need to let go of to succeed. Come prepared to put your thinking caps on, to delve deep into your

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP115 - Interview with Historical...

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2018/01/03

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week Wendy and Cheryl talk dirty with Kiwi historical romance/erotica author Nicola Davidson, who gives them the real story of the sex lives of the aristocracy in Recency London. Nicola has delved deep into the research, and she tells a captivated Wendy and Cher exactly what it was like in the sex clubs and private parties of the regency. It's

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP114 - What's a Trope?

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2017/12/28

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we dive into the world of tropes, to explain exactly what they are, why they're important and how you should be using them in your writing career. Knowing and understand the tropes in romance is important for everything from choosing your plot line, to writing the blurb and finding your readers. It's an important topic, and this is another must

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP113 - 12 Top Tips for 2018

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2017/12/20

Thinking of self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we look back over the last year and find the 12 top tips that have been successful for us in 2017. Join us to find some insights into our year, and steal our ideas to help you make 2018 your best year yet!! (And be prepared to laugh at us, cause we were a little Christmas Crazy...) Enjoy!

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SPA Girls Podcast - Interview with Honoree Corder and...

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2017/12/12

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week Shar and Trudi were lucky enough to interview Honoree Corder and Ben Hale, who've recently released a new book for Indie authors: Write Like a Boss, all about how to have the right mindset for being a successful author. They talk to us about creating winning writing habits, how to train yourself to think and be successful, and how to write when

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP111 - Health Hacks For Writers

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2017/12/07

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls (Self Publishing Authors = SPA) each week for honest tips, resources and advice.

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP110 - Interview with Kathryn...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2017/11/30

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we were lucky enough to have a repeat guest - Kathryn Burnett, a well-known New Zealand playwright and screenwriter. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Kathryn is chocka full of useful knowledge on the craft of writing as well as the mental game of staying focused and being productive. Today she talked us through doing an end of

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